Delhi: Woman raped in Moti Bagh after being offered lift to Noida

New Delhi: A 20-year-old-woman was allegedly raped in south Delhi's Moti Bagh area after the attacker offered her a lift to Noida, police said on Friday.

The woman from Noida had come to Delhi looking for a job and while she was waiting for a bus near AIIMS, the accused offered her a lift last evening, police said.

The accused stopped the car in Moti Bagh and allegedly sexually assaulted her. She managed to escape from there and informed the police.

The accused was arrested last night. He was driving a car that had a Home Ministry sticker but police said that he is not a government employee.

A 20-year-old-woman was allegedly raped in south Delhi's Moti Bagh area after the attacker offered her a lift to Noida, police said on Friday.

The woman from Noida had come to Delhi looking for a job and while she was waiting for a bus near AIIMS, the accused offered her a lift last evening, police said.

The accused stopped the car in Moti Bagh and allegedly sexually assaulted her. She managed to escape from there and informed the police. The accused was arrested last night.

"We have recorded her statement. She has told us that the driver raped her in his car," Rekha, the police officer handling the case, said.

"We have arrested the driver," said the officer, who goes by only one name, adding that police have launched an investigation into the case and seized the car.

Rekha said the suspect was a driver for a member of India's elite paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force.

The driver reportedly later abandoned the vehicle and fled to a friend's house where the police arrested him Thursday morning.